Biomedical Informatics: Computer Applications in Health Care and Biomedicine
Biomedical Informatics: Computer Applications in Health Care and Biomedicine
Edward H. Shortliffe, James J. Cimino · first published 2006 · ISBN 9780387362786
Shortliffe and Cimino's book tackles the technical foundations of health informatics: data standards, natural language processing, clinical decision support systems, EHR architecture, and interoperability. It balances theory with real implementations and shows how information systems are actually built to handle medical data. The book covers medical terminology standards (SNOMED CT, LOINC) and data exchange protocols (HL7).
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